§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has received a series of resolutions passed at Eastleigh by representatives of boroughs and urban district councils in the south of Hampshire, making specific recommendations for Government control of all essential foodstuffs, except those grown by individuals for their own domestic consumption, the fixing of the price of bread at 6d. per 4-lb. loaf, and the 1801W checking of profiteering; and what action he proposes to take or has taken in regard to these proposals?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANResolutions dealing with most of the matters specified in the question, and with other points, have been received from Eastleigh as the result of a public meeting held there in March last. As has already been stated, the question of fixing the price of the loaf and that of dealing with profiteering is at the moment engaging the attention of the Food Controller but I am not able to make an immediate announcement on the subject.